INSPIRING GARDENS TO VISIT
Bellamy-Ferriday House & Garden
203-266-7596
www.ci.bethlehem.ct.us/bellamy_ferriday.html
Berkshire Botanical Garden
Stockbridge, MA
14 display gardens
413-298-3926
www.berkshirebotanical.org
Brooklyn Botanical Garden
www.bbg.org
Central Park Conservatory Gardens
Lovely 5 acre garden at the North end of Central Park.
www.centralparknyc.org
Chanticleer
Wayne, PA
35 acre former estate, a magical garden to visit
www.chanticleergarden.org
Chesterwood Estate & Museum
Stockbridge, MA
Home of Daniel Chester French, sculptor & landscape designer
www.chesterwood.org
Cricket Hill Garden Peony Festival
Thomaston, CT
www.treepeony.com
Dumbarton Oaks
Washington, DC
10 years in the making, designed by Beatrix Farrand
www.doaks.org/gardens
Elizabeth Park
West Hartford, CT
America’s oldest rose garden
www.elizabethpark.org
Florence Griswold Museum & Garden
Old Lyme, CT
www.florencegriswoldmuseum.org
Hildene
Manchester, VT
Home of Abraham Lincoln’s descendants
www.hildene.org
Hillstead Museum
Farmington, CT
Garden designed by American Landscape Architect Beatrix Jones Farrand in 1920. Extensive perennial and annual borders surrounded by the original stone wall. Host to Summer Poetry readings.
www.hillstead.org
Innisfree Garden
Millbrook, NY
150 acre garden incorporating the ancient art of Chinese landscape design.
www.innisfreegarden.com
Longwood Gardens
610 Kennett Square, PA
America’s premier garden to visit
www.longwoodgardens.org
New England Wildflower Society
www.newenglandwild.org
Naumkeag
Stockbridge, MA
Exquisite garden of Mabel Choate—designed by Fletcher Steele from 1926-1956
www.thetrustees.org
The New York Botanical Garden
Bronx, NY
www.nybg.org
Old Westbury Gardens
North Shore of Long Island, New York
200 acres of formal and woodland gardens
www.oldwestburygardens.org
Open Days Program
Garden tours throughout the US
www.gardenconservancy.org
Secret Garden Tour
Newport, RI
www.secretgardentours.org
Shelburne Farms
Shelburne, VT
National Historic landmark—1,400 acre working farm with beautiful perennial gardens
802-985-8498
www.shelburnefarms.org
Stonecrop Gardens
Cold Spring, NY
12 acres of gardens, conservatory and plant sales
www.stonecrop.org
Wave Hill
Riverdale, NY
www.wavehill.org
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